'05 PA DL Callahan Bright (FSU signee, transfer to Shaw University)

[txbuckeye1983]

I believe Ben Gay actually signed his LOI with Baylor, not Texas

 

[akronbuck]

was it Baylor then grades

 

[akronbuck]

I believe Ben Gay actually signed his LOI with Baylor, not Texas

thxs. A lot of talk about that recruiting back then.

Baylor gets top RB in the country:)

Akron u got CHRIS WELLS:(

 

[gracelhink]

There are seven players from FSUs class last year that have either not yet qualfied or are no longer with the team - all either 4 or 5 star recruits.

Didn't the Browns have a RB a couple of years ago who never attended college?

Ken Brown

Going back to the 1973 season may be more than a couple years ago, but I still remember Curt Gowdy calling the Browns game and introducing Ken Brown, running back for the Cleveland Browns, "who went to little No-nay college."

 

[Buckskin86]

Posted: Wednesday February 24, 2010
Former top recruit Callahan Bright seeks second chance in NFL
Andy Staples/SI.com

PAISLEY, Fla. -- Two young giants, moving in opposite directions, collided in May 2004. Video of the collision (at the 1:17 mark) survives, and upon first viewing, it seems obvious which giant won.

The behemoths shook the earth for a moment at the Elite College Combine in the practice bubble just outside Giants Stadium. The blue-chip defensive tackle from suburban Philadelphia blasted off the line. The blue-chip offensive tackle from Plainfield, N.J., dropped into a pass-blocking set. Within a second, it was over. The defender, dressed in black, invaded the blocker's personal space before the white-clad protector could extend his arms. Fast-twitch fibers in four massive thighs engaged. For a moment, the blocker applied the brakes on his roller skates. That's when the defender swung his left arm and smashed a paw into the blocker's chest. The blocker, who weighed 330 pounds, sailed through the air and landed on all fours.

So who emerged victorious? Was it the blocker, who obviously needed to hone his technique? Or was it the defender, who tossed a 330-pounder the way the rest of us would toss a soda can?

The blocker, Eugene Monroe, played four years at Virginia. Last year, the Jaguars selected Monroe with the eighth pick in the NFL draft, and he signed a five-year, $35.4 million contract with $19.2 million guaranteed. If he invests carefully, Monroe's children's children's children will be assured comfortable lives.

The defender, Callahan Bright, signed with Florida State, but he never made it to Tallahassee. He went to prep school and then junior college. He worked on a garbage truck. He spent a few days in jail. In 2009, he played one season at Division II Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C. Now, Bright chases his football dream at a training facility in Middle-of-Nowhere, Fla., where his concentration is more likely to be interrupted by a mooing steer than by a cell phone call.

So what happened? How did Bright, one of the most heralded players in the recruiting class of 2005, wind up here trying to break into the draft's final round while Monroe, the player he chucked aside in 2004, wound up a wealthy NFL starter? Simple. "That's a guy," Bright said, "who went through and did everything the right way." And Bright? "I just made it more difficult," he said.

Read More: Former top recruit Callahan Bright seeks to become NFL draft pick - Andy Staples - SI.com